The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange
Abstract
An ensemble of eight atmospheric CO2 simulations was completed employing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Earth Observation System, Version 5 (GEOS–5) for the years 2000–2001, each with initial meteorological conditions corresponding to different days in January 2000 to examine internal model variability. Globally, the model runs show similar concentrations of CO2 for the two years, but in regions of high CO2 concentrations due to fossil fuel emissions, large differences among different model simulations appear. The phasing and amplitude of the CO2 cycle at Northern Hemisphere locations in all of the ensemble members is similar to that of surface observations. In several southern hemisphere locations, however, some of the GEOS–5 model CO2 cycles are out of phase by as much as four months, and large variations occur between the ensemble members. This result indicates that there is large sensitivity to transport in these regions. The differences vary by latitude—the most extreme differences in the Tropics and the least at the South Pole. Examples of these differences among the ensemble members with regard to CO2 uptake and respiration of the terrestrial biosphere and CO2 emissions due to fossil fuel emissions are shown at Cape Grim, Tasmania. Integration–based flow analysismore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1564837
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: D10; Journal ID: ISSN 0148-0227
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Citation Formats
Allen, Melissa, Erickson, David, Kendall, Wesley, Fu, Joshua, Ott, Lesley, and Pawson, Steven. The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1029/2011jd017059.
Allen, Melissa, Erickson, David, Kendall, Wesley, Fu, Joshua, Ott, Lesley, & Pawson, Steven. The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jd017059
Allen, Melissa, Erickson, David, Kendall, Wesley, Fu, Joshua, Ott, Lesley, and Pawson, Steven. Sat .
"The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jd017059. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1564837.
@article{osti_1564837,
title = {The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange},
author = {Allen, Melissa and Erickson, David and Kendall, Wesley and Fu, Joshua and Ott, Lesley and Pawson, Steven},
abstractNote = {An ensemble of eight atmospheric CO2 simulations was completed employing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Earth Observation System, Version 5 (GEOS–5) for the years 2000–2001, each with initial meteorological conditions corresponding to different days in January 2000 to examine internal model variability. Globally, the model runs show similar concentrations of CO2 for the two years, but in regions of high CO2 concentrations due to fossil fuel emissions, large differences among different model simulations appear. The phasing and amplitude of the CO2 cycle at Northern Hemisphere locations in all of the ensemble members is similar to that of surface observations. In several southern hemisphere locations, however, some of the GEOS–5 model CO2 cycles are out of phase by as much as four months, and large variations occur between the ensemble members. This result indicates that there is large sensitivity to transport in these regions. The differences vary by latitude—the most extreme differences in the Tropics and the least at the South Pole. Examples of these differences among the ensemble members with regard to CO2 uptake and respiration of the terrestrial biosphere and CO2 emissions due to fossil fuel emissions are shown at Cape Grim, Tasmania. Integration–based flow analysis of the atmospheric circulation in the model runs shows widely varying paths of flow into the Tasmania region among the models including sources from North America, South America, South Africa, South Asia and Indonesia. Furthermore, these results suggest that interhemispheric transport can be strongly influenced by internal model variability.},
doi = {10.1029/2011jd017059},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
number = D10,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Sat May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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